Spotlight Tour: The Art of Becoming, with Varya Lyapneva ’26

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Harvard Art Museums

Free

In this photomontage, a young woman stands in front of a green backdrop gesturing toward a painting that appears to float. The painting is of a man in a tuxedo facing the viewer.

Varya Lyapneva will explore how artists create identities for themselves and their subjects—and the limits of their control.

No application or registration needed.

Cost

This Event is free!

Please check in with museum staff at the Visitor Services desk in the Calderwood Courtyard to request to join the tour. Tours are limited to 18 people and are available on a first-come, first-served basis; no registration is required.

Location

  • In-person only.

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy
Cambridge, MA 02138
United States

Neighborhood

Neighborhood 9

Dates and Times

Sunday, March 2 2PM – 2:50PM

Additional information

On this tour, Varya Lyapneva ’26 will explore how artists create identities for themselves and their subjects—and the limits of their control. She will look at a few works, including Max Beckmann’s Self-Portrait in Tuxedo (1927) and Théodore Chassériau’s Arab Horsemen Carrying Away Their Dead (1850).

Free

In this photomontage, a young woman stands in front of a green backdrop gesturing toward a painting that appears to float. The painting is of a man in a tuxedo facing the viewer.

Sunday, March 2 2PM – 2:50PM

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Last updated February 12, 2025.

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